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  1. isabelle304

    Minimalist Packing

    I'd love to see a photo too. I've just googled the Talon you refer to and it's basically a large bum-bag, right? If I understood correctly, you will clip several items and bags to this bum-bag. Won't the constant swinging back and forth of those items drive you crazy? (I know it would me).
  2. isabelle304

    Some Clarification about the online "CSJ guides"

    I love love love the CSJ guides - they are small and compact but pack in so much useful information. Perfect for carrying in the leg pocket of my combat-style walking trousers, and whipping out quickly when needed (several times a day!). Not only do I find the direction instructions useful...
  3. isabelle304

    What do you think of breaking the journey in two?

    Found this photo I took in 2008. Can't remember what the plaque was affixed to, I seem to recall it was just an anodine bit of wall (ie not a monument or anything grand like that!).
  4. isabelle304

    Finally I saw The Way

    For those who don't have Netflix but are either in the UK or have access to the BBC channels, "The Way" will be on BBC2 on 18 October (next Saturday) at 23:15. I've only seen it once, did not think much of it at the time but I've just come back from a Camino and am in that post-Camino mood so...
  5. isabelle304

    Motos (or lack of) on the Camino Frances

    I did not see any when I did the Camino Frances but I did come across them (trail bikes mainly, and quadbikes once) several times on the Via de la Plata, usually at weekends. To be honest they did not bother me that much.
  6. isabelle304

    What would you do if...

    I'd ask to see those little stamped receipts they give you in all the Xunta de Galicia albergues, or other accommodation receipts if albergues were not used.
  7. isabelle304

    WARNING FROM ACACIO PAZ

    Thanks Jean-Marc. Sadly, this is indeed the really nice man I met in Salamanca. In the photo below, which I took at the Salamanca albergue just before I left, you can just about see the back of him looking up at the stairs - you can recognise the blue jacket and the haircut. I've checked my...
  8. isabelle304

    WARNING FROM ACACIO PAZ

    Thanks for the link, Jean-Marc. Am now 99% sure it was indeed the same guy - "my" Portuguese cook told me he worked in a hotel in the Canary Islands, so it all seems to tally. I am a bit speechless actually - the guy was so likeable! I can normally sense when someone is a bit dodgy but with...
  9. isabelle304

    WARNING FROM ACACIO PAZ

    This is very odd. Has this man been seen only on the Camino Frances or has been on other routes also? Am asking this because when I was in the Salamanca albergue at the end of October, I met a Portuguese cook in his early forties who was a lot of fun (very lively and, indeed, likeable) - him...
  10. isabelle304

    Photographic Exhibition Poster showing Pilgrim on top of ste

    When I walked the Camino Frances last October, I saw in many albergues the poster for an exhibition of photographs realated to the pilgrimage - it showed a pilgrim (a man) carrying a huge pack and wearing a rain poncho reaching the top of the steps in Portomarin (or at least I think it was...
  11. isabelle304

    Communicating with Other Pilgrims

    :) Thanks this made me smile. Obviously I know WHAT to say, I am just unsure what language I should be saying it in. I think my query boils down to - how do you guess in what language to talk to someone, before you accost them? However at the end of the day this is not important, I'll soon...
  12. isabelle304

    Wanderlust (UK Magazine) mentions Santiago-Finisterre leg

    Just thought I'd mention in passing that In this month's (October 2008 issue) Wanderlust (UK magazine) I found an article describing the walk from Santiago to Finisterre. It is mentioned that this is a nice "taster" to the Camino and easily done over a long weekend. Done in 3 days (day one...
  13. isabelle304

    Communicating with Other Pilgrims

    I hope this is not too silly a question but it's been bugging me a little. Am about to set off for my first Camino (1 October) and although I am a bit a of loner, I am looking forward to meeting all the other pilgrims/nationalities on my route. Those of you who have walked the Camino before...

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